Maternity BVM cemetery #2 was opened after October 27th, 1884 and no burials occurred here before that date. There is no record of any persons that were buried in Maternity BVM Cemetery #1 being relocated to this "new" cemetery. Any persons listed as being buried in this cemetery with a death date before October 27th, 1884 are most likely still interred in Maternity BVM cemetery #1, and many grave markers were relocated to family plots in this new cemetery, or names were added to family memorials.
Godfrey (Godfroi/Godfroy) Francis Mathieu b. Dec 19, 1826 Iberville, Quebec, d. Oct 8, 1877 (Oct 6? Maternity Cemetery) (Godfrey was a pioneer in Bourbonnais, IL.
He helped to locate and founded that area with Letourneau for the Canadian French migration.Note: Godparents were Salomon Lanoue and Marie Barbe Mathieu. His father is named "Francois Xavier" in his baptismal entry. He is listed as a shoemaker in 1860 census white born in Canada bur. Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery Bourbonnais Kankakee County Illinois, USA The well researched Voyer Bedard genealogy lists Godfrey as the son of Hyacinthe.
Maternity BVM cemetery #2 was opened after October 27th, 1884 and no burials occurred here before that date. There is no record of any persons that were buried in Maternity BVM Cemetery #1 being relocated to this "new" cemetery. Any persons listed as being buried in this cemetery with a death date before October 27th, 1884 are most likely still interred in Maternity BVM cemetery #1, and many grave markers were relocated to family plots in this new cemetery, or names were added to family memorials.
Godfrey (Godfroi/Godfroy) Francis Mathieu b. Dec 19, 1826 Iberville, Quebec, d. Oct 8, 1877 (Oct 6? Maternity Cemetery) (Godfrey was a pioneer in Bourbonnais, IL.
He helped to locate and founded that area with Letourneau for the Canadian French migration.Note: Godparents were Salomon Lanoue and Marie Barbe Mathieu. His father is named "Francois Xavier" in his baptismal entry. He is listed as a shoemaker in 1860 census white born in Canada bur. Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery Bourbonnais Kankakee County Illinois, USA The well researched Voyer Bedard genealogy lists Godfrey as the son of Hyacinthe.
Family Members
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Dr Lévi "Levi" Mathieu
1850–1904
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George Mathieu
1853–1927
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Victorine Mathieu Hamel
1857–1937
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Edward J. Mathieu
1859–1933
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William Morley? Mathieu
1864–1903
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Agnes Sarah Mathieu Bryson
1867–1916
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Horace L Mathieu
1868–1940
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Arthur F Mathieu
1872–1935
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Mary Adelia "Delia" Mathieu Bryson
1872–1964
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Louise Mabel Mathieu Fulton
1876–1932
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